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Writing a provider for UNIX

On UNIX platforms, the provider environment is Java. The provider code is written as Java classes that implement the ILT interface described in this chapter.

There are two technologies used to create data providers: the first technology is writing the code that interacts with the managed resource, the second is writing the CIM classes that model the managed resource. The CIM classes definitions specify what code to invoke to retrieve the desired data.

The following sections show simplified elements for creating a provider.


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